OUTLIER? New poll has Beto O’Rourke up by 2% over Ted Cruz

A new poll out by Reuters/Ipsos/University of Virginia has Dem Beto O’Rourke up by 2 points over Sen. Ted Cruz in the Texas Senate race:

BREAKING: New poll shows Beto up by 2 points on Ted Cruz. And again, let me make it clear. This doesn’t make Democrats complacent. It makes us more energized. Our enthusiasm is at record levels. This increases that. We will work as if we’re behind, through the finish line. 🇺🇸

The finding in the Texas Senate race is a more bullish result for Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D, TX-16) than other polls. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) leads by 4.5 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average, and led by nine in a Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday. One similarity between this poll and others is that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is running ahead of Cruz in his own reelection bid, although other polls have shown the incumbent governor with a larger lead. The Crystal Ball rates the Texas Senate race as Leans Republican, and the gubernatorial race as Safe Republican.